North Suncoast Blotter: Ford trial set, Vasquez case still open
There still isn't much news to report in regards to the two pending criminal cases of interest to North Suncoast high school sports fans.
Suspended Gulf football player Julian Ford's trial on felony robbery and battery charges has been pushed back to Jan. 7, meaning he definitely won't return to the football field this season. The fullback/linebacker had hoped to be found not guilty and get back on the field for the playoffs, but they playoffs will be long over by the time his case is adjudicated.
Here's a story we wrote on the situation a couple of months ago:
In Hernando County, a trial date has not yet been set for former Hernando basketball coach Antonio Vasquez, who was arrested in July for allegedly exposing himself to an undercover police officer in a bathroom at Brooksville's Ernie Wever Park. Vasquez has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor exposure of sexual organs charge.
--DAVID MURPHY, Times Staff Writer
dmurphy@sptimes.com
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great good on representing us in the north.
Posted by: da stampede | October 30, 2007 at 07:51 PM